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Stars’ Gulutzan on visit by Mavs coach Carlisle: ‘I learned something in the first 10 minutes’

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and some of his staff visited Stars practice Wednesday. Carlisle likes to pick up on how other teams and sports operate; he also visited Cowboys training camp. He has time for such endeavors, with the NBA lockout ongoing.

“I learned something in the first 10 minutes of talking with him,” said first-year coach Gulutzan, declining to elaborate. “I thought it was a pretty neat move.”

Carlisle addressed the players and mentioned that the Mavs viewed hockey footage from the Stanley Cup Finals between Vancouver and Boston during their run to the NBA championship.

“Boston was real physical with Vancouver and kind of took the series over,” Gulutzan said. “He talked to his guys about persistence. Everybody knows the results. … He said they [Mavs players] went crazy when they watched it.”